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The first episode of the TV show titled, “The Walking Dead,” begins as its protagonist Rick Grimes wakes up in the hospital. A gun shot in the line of duty put him into a coma for months and there inside a severely damaged hospital building he finds himself alone. As […]

The liturgical season of Advent draws us in, inviting us to pay attention to the story. This season is the lead up to the birth of Jesus but it in doing so it points us to the hundreds of stories that came before – stories of shepherds, queens, grace and […]

A Scripture Reading from Psalm 88 You have taken from me friend and neighbor—darkness is my closest friend. Psalm 88:18 Many North American Christians are naïve about suffering. We design a remedy for every anguish. We go to the doctor to replace a creaky knee. We go to the […]

Dustin is a counselor at the Granite Springs Counseling Center – who writes periodically for the Granite Springs Blog. You can visit the Granite Springs Counseling Center website for more information on the amazing work they are doing to care for our community at granitesprings.org/counseling. As a counselor, it is a […]

The thought of studying the questions Jesus asked may seem a bit odd when you first hear it. Of all of the things Jesus said, it may feel like the questions he asked should be of least importance when compared to the answers he gave. But if we read the […]

In 1 Kings 19, the prophet Elijah ran for his life, seeking refuge in the wilderness. He climbed to the top of a mountain and cried out to God, desperate for comfort and direction and validation of his suffering. As Elijah stood there, a great wind whipped past, breaking rocks […]

Part of our exploration this summer as a church on God’s calling of Abraham, naturally draws us to reflect on the calling God has placed on our own lives as well. The Granite Springs Counseling Center recently launched and lead counselor, Dustin Bridges, shares below his encounter with God’s call […]

We are currently in the middle of our summer sermon series, the Call of God, exploring what God’s covenant relationship with Abraham was all about. Before the blessings came, Abraham stepped out in faith and followed God’s call. Similarly, the story of Job shows us another way in which we can […]

Emmanuel. God with us. For a lot of us, these words will conjure images of angels appearing, of a baby in a manger, of wise men from the East…of, well, Christmas. But here we are, halfway through the year, and we’re still talking about God with us. We don’t always […]

A few years ago, I was at a seminary gathering where we were discussing our thoughts and opinions on baptism. As we were talking, my friend Steve’s face lit up and he shouted with a sense of earnestness and desperation in his voice, “You know what? I would love to […]